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How Public-Private Ecosystems Can Help Solve Societal Problems
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How Public-Private Ecosystems Can Help Solve Societal Problems

François Candelon, Harald Rubner, Hans-Paul Bürkner, Ulrich Pidun, Balázs Zoletnik and Anna Schwarz
Boston Consulting Group, 2022
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In the United States, there’s a depressing truism that if you want an inefficient service that rewards incompetence and is certain to lose money, get the government involved. But if you want an efficient, dynamic, innovative service or solution, look to the private sector. However, this pessimistic view ignores the public-private ecosystem (PPE), a model that brought the world GPS, the personal computer and the internet, among other technological advances. This Boston Consulting Group article explores how PPEs already, and will continue to, solve difficult problems around the world.

Take-Aways

  • Traditionally, the government has interacted with the private sector in three ways: through specific regulation, framework legislation and public-private partnerships (PPP).
  • A public-private ecosystem (PPE) represents an evolution of these traditional forms of government/private sector interaction.
  • PPEs have the potential to solve entrenched societal problems because they don’t limit the diverse skills and innovation intrinsic to the private sector.

About the Authors

Françoise Candelon, Harald Rubner, Hans-Paul Bürkner, Ulrich Pidun, Balázs Zoletnik and Anna Schwarz are professionals with the Boston Consulting Group from France, Germany and Hungary.

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